A computation is any type of arithmetic or non-arithmetic calculation that is well-defined. Common examples of computation are mathematical equation solving...
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Evolutionary computation from computer science is a family of algorithms for global optimization inspired by biological evolution, and the subfield of...
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more specifically in computability theory and computational complexity theory, a model of computation is a model which describes how an output of a mathematical...
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interactive computation is a mathematical model for computation that involves input/output communication with the external world during computation. Among...
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A computation tree is a representation for the computation steps of a non-deterministic Turing machine on a specified input. A computation tree is a rooted...
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mathematics, the theory of computation is the branch that deals with what problems can be solved on a model of computation, using an algorithm, how efficiently...
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Pulse computation is a hybrid of digital and analog computation that uses aperiodic electrical spikes, as opposed to the periodic voltages in a digital...
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Mathematics of Computation. 4 (29): 11–15. doi:10.1090/S0025-5718-1950-0037597-6. Nicholson, S. C.; Jeenel, J. (1955). "Some comments on a NORC computation of 𝜋"...
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Secure multi-party computation (also known as secure computation, multi-party computation (MPC) or privacy-preserving computation) is a subfield of cryptography...
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Quantum computing (redirect from Quantum computation)
these models of computation—quantum circuits, one-way quantum computation, adiabatic quantum computation, and topological quantum computation—have been shown...
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Computer science (section Theory of computation)
study of computation, information, and automation. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, and information...
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computational complexity or simply complexity of an algorithm is the amount of resources required to run it. Particular focus is given to computation...
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computers. Digital physics Computation Theory of computation Reversible computation Hypercomputation Limits to computation Bremermann's limit Bekenstein...
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Reverse computation is a software application of the concept of reversible computing. Because it offers a possible solution to the heat problem faced...
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The limits of computation are governed by a number of different factors. In particular, there are several physical and practical limits to the amount...
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Indeterminacy in concurrent computation is concerned with the effects of indeterminacy in concurrent computation. Computation is an area in which indeterminacy...
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Computer algebra (redirect from Symbolic computation)
computer science, computer algebra, also called symbolic computation or algebraic computation, is a scientific area that refers to the study and development...
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algorithms, data structures, computational complexity, parallel and distributed computation, probabilistic computation, quantum computation, automata theory, information...
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In computability theory, the theory of real computation deals with hypothetical computing machines using infinite-precision real numbers. They are given...
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computer science, a computation history is a sequence of steps taken by an abstract machine in the process of computing its result. Computation histories are...
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Turing machine (redirect from Universal computation)
A Turing machine is a mathematical model of computation describing an abstract machine that manipulates symbols on a strip of tape according to a table...
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Information and Computation is a closed-access computer science journal published by Elsevier (formerly Academic Press). The journal was founded in 1957...
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Neural computation is the information processing performed by networks of neurons. Neural computation is affiliated with the philosophical tradition known...
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In computer networks, a path computation element (PCE) is a system component, application, or network node that is capable of determining and finding...
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Computation offloading is the transfer of resource intensive computational tasks to a separate processor, such as a hardware accelerator, or an external...
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Turing completeness (redirect from Turing equivalence (theory of computation))
model of computation, a computer's instruction set, a programming language, or a cellular automaton) is said to be Turing-complete or computationally universal...
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In philosophy of mind, the computational theory of mind (CTM), also known as computationalism, is a family of views that hold that the human mind is an...
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Computational science, also known as scientific computing, technical computing or scientific computation (SC), is a division of science, and more specifically...
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Adiabatic quantum computation (AQC) is a form of quantum computing which relies on the adiabatic theorem to perform calculations and is closely related...
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Variance (redirect from Sample Variance Computation)
minus the square of the mean of X. This equation should not be used for computations using floating-point arithmetic, because it suffers from catastrophic...
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